A week removed from the first candidate face-off and Romney is really feeling the effects of a successful debate. So much so that New York Times election forecaster Nate Silver says we are nearing a toss up. Anyone else getting a little nervous? Romney has made up a great deal of ground by reneging on statements that he has made previously. Case in point, his ability to debate himself. The second debate will be in a town hall format. And if you have a ticket Pizza Hut has a once in a lifetime offer for you.

Apparently considering a "kill the gays" bill isn't enough for Uganda. Watch one Ugandan lawmaker address the Pan African Parliament and state that homosexuality needs to be condemned across the ENTIRE CONTINENT.

The Greenfield City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to name Susan A. Stanton as city manager.

She will take over on Nov. 12.

Ahead of the Greenfield vote, Mariana Luna of Salinas Valley Pride Celebrations applauded the city for its decision to consider Stanton for city manager.

“I think it’s great … (but) I don’t think her gender matters,” Luna told thecalifornian.com. “I don’t think that should be a reason to discriminate. If she’s able to do her job, it wouldn’t matter if she’s female or male.”

A quick update on what's going down in Maine's marriage equality battle this week.

Poll numbers are looking positive, and Mainers United for Marriage says they've held more than 200,000 conversations with Maine voters, almost 25% of the total amount of Maine voters expected to vote in the November election and they are ongoing.

Mainers United for Marriage launched two new ads this week. The first features Republican Stacey Fitts of Pittsfield, Maine talking about why he supports the freedom to marry. He voted against marriage for same-sex couples in 2009, but, since then, he's talked with the people in his life and changed his mind. The second features Cathy & Phil Curtis of Biddeford talking about what marriage means to them and why they want all of their children to have the freedom to marry.

The poll contained some promising numbers for supporters of same-sex marriage. Some 57 percent of respondents said they planned to vote for the state ballot measure that would legalize same-sex marriage in Maine while 39 percent were opposed and 4.5 percent undecided. Murphy, however, said the level of support in the poll was likely inflated, based on responses when Pan Atlantic asked respondents how they felt about same-sex marriage in general.

Two new anti-gay ads also started running this week from Protect Marriage Maine:

And here's a great video from AFER's Matt Baume debunking all the lies contained in them:

Remember Viki Knox, the New Jersey teacher who came under fire last September for calling homosexuality a "perverted sin" that "breeds like cancer" and attacking a school display recognizing Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender History Month?

Knox, 51, a tenured special education teacher, submitted her resignation over the summer, the attorney, James Plosia, said. He would not comment further, saying only that "settlement talks are under way."

The board met with Plosia in closed session last night to discuss the matter but no action was taken.

A 21-year teaching veteran who has worked in Union since 2000, Knox previously said in court filings that she plans to seek a disability pension due to a back injury and on "psychological grounds." She filed papers for her pension on June 7.